The first thing that strikes me about today’s video is the very quiet start. What a change to some of the canned music that usual precedes videos on YouTube. There is also the absence of oppressive air conditioning noises that plague so many of these.
The patient “Natalie” (possibly misspelled) announces that she was born 10/15/98 and the medical professional states “so you’re 20”. 10/15/98 is 15/10/1998 (UK Format i.e. October). We can assume that this is filmed 2018 which given it was posted four years ago seems to indicate that it was filmed and posted around the same time.
Head to Toe Health Assessment
The patient states that she attends Colby Sawyer college https://colby-sawyer.edu/ which is a school of nursing and so potentially where this video was filmed. Colby Sawyer, as expected, has its own YouTube channel with one hundred and thirty-eight videos, four hundred and one subscribers and three playlists. A brief check seems to indicate that sporting videos are quite important on this channel but, probably unsurprisingly, these turn out not to be videos suitable for a blog about ASMR.
For today’s video the channel is Marissa Nance and consists of this one video and no playlists.
I’ll make the assumption that this was for an assessment in that year and I’ll assume the medical professional here was Marissa.
It remains wonderfully calm and, judging by the comments, I am not the only one to think so. Many ASMR fans have checked this one out previously. Although sadly, the negative not to say nasty, comments are here as we have seen in the past.
This one is distinguished in that both Natalie and Marissa have calm voices, that is a rare (if not unique so far) find.
It seems over rather too soon, given there are no alarming noises throughout the entire video (something we have not always been able to say).
So that’s it, just the one for you today but I am certain more will be coming very soon. The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
(and now it includes the Marissa video).
The archive playlist of videos that were in the above playlist but found after repeated review not to make the grade, is here:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening experience to log on, this interrupts the listening experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
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There are twenty-two playlists in this channel some of which are extremely large. (The “Merck Manual Consumer Version” contains ninety videos for example. If I attempted to cover all of those it would not be not so much a blog post as a book on ASMR).
Since my last blog post they have changed elements of the Merck Manuals channel to state that it is not available outside the United States.
I hope it wasn’t something that I said.
If like me you’re not in the United States I am afraid that you are left with whatever remaining crumbs there are in terms of videos that are still available.
Contains seven videos which are still visible outside of the US. (Who knows how long you’ll be able to see even these. I suggest you go listen to them before it is too late).
How to do the Mental Status Exam | Merck Manual Professional Version
This is another video with funky start up music. I mean, really, don’t they know I’m trying to sleep?
The narrator here is way too loud sadly. Fortunately, that doesn’t last very long. The “patient” states that she is in Philadelphia in the Einstein Medical Centre. It’s not your standard ASMR stuff in that it is a little bit loud even in the medical exam portion.
I also notice that the medical professional asks how many nickels there are in a dollar and I realised that I did not know (in case you’re also not located in the US the answer is twenty apparently).
Some of these tests are a bit tough. It made me wonder about my own memory as I’m not sure I’d be able to pass such tests.
The video is just a bit loud I think and not great ASMR material so not one for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
How to do the Cranial Nerve Examination | Merck Manual Professional Version
It looks like startup funky music for videos in this playlist is going to be a theme.
Here the narrator is more muted and much more in keeping with what we’re looking for, I think. The video is designed to be for teaching/instruction so although there is an examination of a patient the actually dialogue between medical professional and “patient” does not feature in the video.
However, I think this one will make it to the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Cerebellar Examination: How to Assess Gait, Stance, and Coordination | Merck Manual
There is music at the start as before. Maybe eventually I will find a way to edit videos for their ASMR effects but that currently is not the purpose of this blog/playlist.
The narrator has learned his lesson after the somewhat loud presentation of the first video in this list. He is quite calm and reasonably quiet.
The exam proper appears without audio – the narrator is filling in what the stages in the exam mean. It is an instruction video that is also quite good for ASMR. This video will also be in the Procrastination Pen playlist.
How to do the Motor Examination | Merck Manual Professional Version
I notice that comments for these videos are turned off. Turning off comments stops some of the crazier contributions that we’ve seen of late but it also stops us working out if others are using these videos for their ASMR effects.
To me they seem a good find, this one included.
How to do the Sensory Exam | Merck Manual Professional Version
This is the longest video of the set, but it follows the format of the other videos seen so far. We’re entirely reliant upon the quality of the narrator here (especially to distract us from the music interludes). Fortunately, he has a good voice.
There are intrusions of parts of the genuine exam here. The only distraction with these interludes is the background noise. This is almost certainly the air-conditioning noise which we have become used to from other videos.
In this playlist whilst the medical professionals have changed between videos the “patient” remains the same.
Another good video for the Procrastination Pen playlist, I think.
How to Test Reflexes | Merck Manual Professional Version
Apart from the first video these have been consistent. Quite a good find this series and this particular video is worth making part of the Procrastination Pen playlist.
How to do a 4-Minute Neurologic Exam | Merck Manual Professional Version
This is exactly the same format as the other videos covered in this article. They were all posted six years ago. I notice that the notes tell me something about the Merck Manual:
“First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world’s most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers. As The Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical information to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers. • Merck Manual Professional Version: http://www.MerckManuals.com/Professional”
I’m guessing that there is some financial consideration involved in its use. If it produces videos of this quality, I’m in favour (well until they totally remove my ability to see the videos in any case).
However, if the video recording guys are reading, please quieten down the funky music at the beginning (or better still go for a silent intro).
This is another one for the Procrastination Pen playlist, I think.
The overall playlist containing all the videos featured so far is here.
The above playlist has now grown quite large so I have started to weed out some of the less effective ones. However I realise that some people may consider them favourites so I have added the removed videos to an archive playlist.
However, if people who post videos keep taking those videos down again, or making them unavailable to a person writing a blog in the UK, then I may find the weeding is being done for me behind the scenes.
There is also the playlist for the small number of videos I have covered that require age verification. There has been limited demand for these so I doubt I will cover many more (unless I do so by accident).
I hope that you find them restful (and that you get some great sleep).
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